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    Observation Satellite (TIROS) is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite...
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    TIROS-1 (or TIROS-A) was the first operational weather satellite, the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS) placed in...
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    new TIROS-M weather satellite. The new generation of orbiting meteorological cameras was designated as ITOS (for Improved TIROS Operational System, itself...
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    NOAA-15 (category Argos (satellite system))
    Advanced TIROS-N spacecraft is based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP Block 5D) spacecraft and is modified version of the TIROS-N spacecraft...
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  • the current Earth Observing System (EOS), the foundations for this program were laid in the early 1960s and 1970s. TIROS-1, the very first full-scale...
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  • Center oversaw the manufacture, integration and test of the NASA-provided TIROS satellites. The first polar-orbiting weather satellite launched as part...
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    original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2018. NOAA-5 Satellite Position Media related to Improved TIROS Operational System at Wikimedia Commons...
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    TIROS-10 (also called TIROS OT-1) was a spin-stabilized meteorological satellite. It was the tenth and last in a series of Television Infrared Observation...
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    NOAA-18 (category Argos (satellite system))
    series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft begun with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983 but with additional new and improved instrumentation over...
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    series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft that began with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983; but it had additional new and improved instrumentation...
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    Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS. NOAA-4 was launched on a Delta rocket on November 15, 1974. The launch...
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    series of Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) spacecraft begun with the launch of NOAA-8 (NOAA-E) in 1983 but with additional new and improved instrumentation over...
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    assigned to the operational demands of all the operational weather reconnaissance squadrons. In 1989 they were upgraded with the Improved Weather Reconnaissance...
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    Information System (CoRIS) In 1960, TIROS-1, NASA's first owned and operated satellite, was launched. In 1983, NOAA assumed operational responsibility...
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    weather satellite to be considered a success was TIROS-1, launched by NASA on April 1, 1960. TIROS operated for 78 days and proved to be much more successful...
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    Television Infrared Observation Satellite TIROS-1 TIROS-2 TIROS-3 TIROS-4 TIROS-5 TIROS-6 TIROS-7 TIROS-8 TIROS-9 TIROS-10 ESSA-1 ESSA-2 ESSA-3 ESSA-4 ESSA-5...
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    Initial Operational Capability in 2021. In 2024, the US Army completed its fielding of the M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System (MAAWS)...
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    TIROS OT-3 meteorological satellite" (PDF). NASA. January 17, 1966. Retrieved January 1, 2013. "ESSA 1 (TIROS OT-3) Meteorological Satallite System,...
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    Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS. NOAA-1 was launched on a Delta rocket on December 11, 1970. The launch...
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  • manufacturers of satellites and other space systems, including the world's first weather satellite, TIROS, launched in 1960. In 1985, two members of the...
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    and AMSU-B. Together the three instruments form ATOVS, the Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder. The Aqua and MetOp AMSU-A instruments are 15-channel...
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    Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS. NOAA-2 was launched on a Delta rocket on October 15, 1972. The launch...
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    weather satellite, the TIROS-1 was launched on the Thor-Able launch vehicle in April 1960. The PGM-17 Thor was the first operational IRBM (intermediate ballistic...
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    launch of TIROS-1 on April 1, 1960, as the world’s first full-scale weather satellite. The Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) program served...
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    air cleaner and air induction systems, improved suspension and new and improved final drives. Survivability is improved through the addition of various...
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    Administration (NOAA). It was part of a series of satellites called ITOS, or improved TIROS. ITOS-B was launched on October 21, 1971 from Vandenberg Air Force Base...
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    Center (NODC), and the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)). In 1960, TIROS-1, NASA's first owned and operated geostationary satellite, was launched...
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    NASA (redirect from Space Systems Center)
    Observation Satellite (TIROS) in 1960, which was the first weather satellite. NASA and the United States Weather Bureau cooperated on future TIROS and the second...
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    {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) "TIROS I and TIROS II Ground Station". www.campevans.org. Archived from the original...
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  • which has been used since the 1960s aboard NOAA's TIROS polar-orbiting satellites. The APT system provided only two image channels, which were at a reduced...
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